Sec. 26-212. - Approval or rejection.

(a)

Any precise plan required by this division may be rejected, approved, modified, and approved, or approved subject to conditions. Any such precise plan of design after approval, may be amended, in the same manner as a precise plan of design is first approved hereunder.

(b)

For eligible SB35 projects and/or multi-family residential projects providing a minimum of twenty (20) percent of the total dwelling units reserved for lower income households subject to deed restriction, the Community Development Director shall approve or deny the ministerial precise plan based on the West Covina Multi-Family Objective Design Standards (2022) adopted by the City. Within thirty (30) days of such action, the Community Development Director shall prepare a report to the Planning Commission, providing a description of the project and the nature of the approval. Any such Precise Plan approved under SB35

shall be valid for a period of three (3) years, with one (1) additional extension of time in a one-year increment. The Community Development Director or their designee may approve a one-year extension if the project proponent provides documentation that there has been significant progress toward getting the development construction ready, such as, but not limited to, the filing of a building permit application.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24; Ord. No. 2525, § 39, 3-18-25)